[Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 10, Issue 44

wes stote stotews at gmail.com
Fri Mar 2 13:59:55 MST 2018 

Try British Parts Northwest for caliper pistons. Very cheap!
Wes

On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 8:31 AM, <tigers-request at autox.team.net> wrote:

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>    1. Brake project, painting the discs (James Armstrong)
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>    3. Re: Brake project, painting the discs (coolvt at aol.com)
>    4. Re: Brake project, painting the discs (Thomas Witt)
>    5. Re: Brake project, painting the discs (Gary Winblad)
>    6. Re: Brake project, painting the discs (coolvt at aol.com)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 17:51:51 -0500
> From: James Armstrong <rollright at aol.com>
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Brake project, painting the discs
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> Hello,
>
>
> Recently, I got two old frozen calipers that i'm trying to free up.
> ?
> But today's question is about the discs. I want them to look nice through
> my Minilites but i've heard that you
> shouldn't paint one of the center sections. Is this true? Is the center
> that shouldn't be painted the concave side
> or the convex side? I sure would like to paint both !
> ?
> Please help!
> ?
> Jim Armstrong
> Mk 1A
> 382002083 LRXFE
> Code 86
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> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 19:19:02 -0500
> From: "Ron Fraser" <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
> To: "'James Armstrong'" <rollright at aol.com>
> Cc: tigers at Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Brake project, painting the discs
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> Jim
>
>                 Put the frozen calipers in a bucket of ATF and let them
> soak ? they will free up ? pull or cut the rubber boots off first so the
> ATF can soak in ? if you can pump some ATF behind the pistons do that to.
>
>
>
> I have painted the center sections on other discs with out problems.   You
> just have to remember that the rotors get hot so you need heat resistant
> paint or caliper paint in a thin coat.
>
>
>
> Ron Fraser
>
>
>
> From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James
> Armstrong via Tigers
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 5:52 PM
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Brake project, painting the discs
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Recently, I got two old frozen calipers that i'm trying to free up.
>
>
>
> But today's question is about the discs. I want them to look nice through
> my Minilites but i've heard that you
>
> shouldn't paint one of the center sections. Is this true? Is the center
> that shouldn't be painted the concave side
>
> or the convex side? I sure would like to paint both !
>
>
>
> Please help!
>
>
>
> Jim Armstrong
>
> Mk 1A
>
> 382002083 LRXFE
>
> Code 86
>
> TAC #....
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 19:46:32 -0500
> From: coolvt at aol.com
> To: rfraser at bluefrog.com, rollright at aol.com
> Cc: tigers at Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Brake project, painting the discs
> Message-ID: <161e42cb8b3-1ec7-26b52 at webjas-vab238.srv.aolmail.net>
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> On the brake subject. Has anyone come up with a replacement for the
> pistons that might be found in a modern car? ?Guess I'm saying that
> replacement Tiger pistons are fairly pricey and if the exact size, fitting
> some modern car could be found at auto parts stores or in salvage yards it
> could be a nice savings. Mark L
> ?
> In a message dated 3/1/2018 7:39:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> tigers at autox.team.net writes:
>
> ?
> Jim
> ??????????????? Put the frozen calipers in a bucket of ATF and let them
> soak ? they will free up ? pull or cut the rubber boots off first so the
> ATF can soak in ? if you can pump some ATF behind the pistons do that to.
> ?
> I have painted the center sections on other discs with out problems.?? You
> just have to remember that the rotors get hot so you need heat resistant
> paint or caliper paint in a thin coat.
> ?
> Ron Fraser
> ?
> From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James
> Armstrong via Tigers
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 5:52 PM
> To:tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Brake project, painting the discs
> ?
> Hello,
> Recently, I got two old frozen calipers that i'm trying to free up.
> ?
> But today's question is about the discs. I want them to look nice through
> my Minilites but i've heard that you
> shouldn't paint one of the center sections. Is this true? Is the center
> that shouldn't be painted the concave side
> or the convex side? I sure would like to paint both !
> ?
> Please help!
> ?
> Jim Armstrong
> Mk 1A
> 382002083 LRXFE
> Code 86
> TAC #....
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> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 23:31:32 -0500
> From: Thomas Witt <atwittsend at verizon.net>
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Brake project, painting the discs
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> I recall there was a Volvo that used the same piston but it was stainless
> steel???  It seems it was the 120, 130, 220 and some 1800 series. This was
> a quick find so research further.  http://www.skandix.de/en/
> spare-parts/brakes/brake-calipers/piston-brake-caliper/1010679/
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> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 21:59:46 -0800
> From: Gary Winblad <garywinblad at comcast.net>
> To: Thomas Witt <atwittsend at verizon.net>, tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Brake project, painting the discs
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> Doesn't Rick still sell them?? That's where I got my stainless steel
> ones in the early '90s.
> Gary
>
>
> On 3/1/2018 8:31 PM, Thomas Witt via Tigers wrote:
> > I recall there was a Volvo that used the same piston but it was
> > stainless steel???? It seems it was the 120, 130, 220 and some 1800
> > series. This was a quick find so research further.
> > http://www.skandix.de/en/spare-parts/brakes/brake-
> calipers/piston-brake-caliper/1010679/
> >
> >
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> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 08:31:45 -0500
> From: coolvt at aol.com
> To: atwittsend at verizon.net, tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Brake project, painting the discs
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> That Volvo piston doesn't sound like it would be any less expensive than
> the Tiger. It seemed to me that with all of the vehicles using disc brakes
> over the past 50 years that there has to be something that used a piston
> with dimensions that matched the Tiger's. Something more modern and easily
> available.
> ?
> In a message dated 3/1/2018 11:42:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> tigers at autox.team.net writes:
>
> ?
> I recall there was a Volvo that used the same piston but it was stainless
> steel???? It seems it was the 120, 130, 220 and some 1800 series. This was
> a quick find so research further.? http://www.skandix.de/en/
> spare-parts/brakes/brake-calipers/piston-brake-caliper/1010679/
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